Gage.



E. G. FCX.

GAGE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I6, I9I4.

1,173,789@ 'Patented Feb. 29,1916.

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GAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 29, 1916.

Application filed March 16, 1914. Serial No. 824,932.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EMIL Gr. Fox, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Kenosha, in the county of Kenosha and State of l/Visconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Gages, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in gages, and has for its object to provide a device of the character specified, for use in obtaining measures ot distances between fixed points, wherein a support is provided having indicators mounted for movement toward and from each other, each indicator having means whereby it may be secured rigidly to the support.

In the drawings z-Figure l is a front elevation oi' the improved gage, Fig. 2 is a perspective yView oi' one of the indicators, and Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. l, looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. is a sectional view on the line 4 4 of Fig. l.

. The present embodiment of the invention comprises a support l, in the form of a bar of wood or the like, of rectangular cross sec tion and of suitable length. A pair of indicators is mounted on the bar for movement toward and from each other, and each indicator comprises a vsleeve 2, and blade 3, the former being shaped to fit over the bar and to be capable ofmovement thereon.

The sleeve is of considerable length in order that it will not rock or move laterally on the bar, and at its front tace the sleeve is provided with a lateral extension-3. The extension is provided at the edge remote from the sleeve with graduations 4, and it will be noted that the inner end of the eXtension when the sleeve is in place, is flush with one face of the bar. That is, the'scale or measure formed by the extension extends from one face of the bar, across the bar and beyond the bar at the opposite side.

The sleeve is provided in the face adj-acent to the extension with an internally threaded boss 5, and a set screw 6 is threaded through the boss for engaging the bar 1 to hold thesleeve in adjusted position. rl`he extension Y3 is in the present instance, integral with the sleeve, although it is obvious that it is not necessarily so.

In practice two indicators are arranged on the bar, one near each end, and the indicators are oppositely arranged so that the eX- tensions 3 of the sleeves are both at the outer ends of the sleeves. In use, the bar l will also be provided with graduations on the same scale as those of the extension 3.

The gage is used chieiiy for measuring or framing window openings, that is to say, for determining the height of such openings from the door both at their top and bottom edges. For this purpose the implement is applied as shown in Fig. l, the bar l in such case lying in contact with the stud as and the blades or extensions 3 of the indicators project laterally across the face of the stub. It will be understood that before the implement is thus applied the two indicators are adjusted on the bar l at such distance apart as required to deiine the length otthe prospective window opening, and also its height above theloor. Thus when the implement is set alongside the stud a", the latter is marked transversely with a pencil, the marks thus formed extending along the graduated edges of the blades It is apparent that the implement enables the use of a carpenters square-which is usually employed for this purpose-to be disposed of and thus time is saved and greater accuracy obtained.

I claim A gage for carpenters use, comprising a straight, graduated bar and two metal indicators applied thereto, and each consisting of a sleeve fitting the bar slidably and provided with a clamp-screw and having a lateral extension in the form of a dat, graduated bladewith straight and parallel upper and lower edges, said extensions being formed integrally with the sleeve and in the same plane with the front face thereof, as and for the purpose specied.

EMIL GUY FOX.

Vitnesses:

F RED LAnsnN, FRANK B. LANsDowNE.

Copies of this patent may be obtanedfor ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

